Rack.



E. S. MERRILL.

, RACK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. l2. I9I5.

Witnesses Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

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To all whom iii-may concern? Be it known that I, EARL S. M RRILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Golconda, in the county of Humboldt and State f:Nevada, have invented a new and useful Rack, of which the following is a specification. V

This invention relatesto a rack especially designed either for use as a sheet music holder or as a stand for holdingmanuscript being copied bya typist;

Gne of the objects'of the invention is to provide a collapsible rack havingmeansfor connecting it to a stand,"bracket or other suitable supporting means, whereby the same can be mounted on the floor after the manner of an ordinary music rack, or "can be connected to a table or other support. I

A further object is to provide a rack having an adjustable arm for supporting it from the stand or the like, said arm being adjustable to bring the arm to any desired position relative to its support.

Another object is to provide a structure of this character which can be readily collapsed so as to occupy but a small space, and which can be quickly set up. 7

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides inthe combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made 7 Within the scope of what is claimed, with out departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device set up for use either as a manuscript holder or as a music rack.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of one of the sections of the extension arm.

Fig. 3 is a plan View thereof.

Fig. 4 is a plan View of a bracket designed to be used in connection with the rack for securing it to a table or the like,

the post engaging the bracket being shown in section.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of saidbracket. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the upper end of the post.

Referring to the figures by characters of post has a reduced upper end 8"fo'r provided at one end of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. :23, 1,917. Application filed April 12,:191'5."'seria1No.'20,830. j

reference l' designates a tubular standard having a sleeve 2 slidably mounted thereon, this sleeve being pivotally. connected to the upper ends of legs 3 which diverge downwardly and are-connected by links 4 to the lowerend of the 'standardl. A set screw 5 or thelike'is provided for locking the sleeve 2'to the standard 1 so that itis "thus possible readily 'to hold the legs 3 tive positions a'ssh'own in; Fig. 1:

'Slidab'ly mountedin the standard 1 is a post fiiadapted to be he ldat any desired elevationjby asetfslcrew 7 orth e'lik'e. This against standard 1 or toexte'ndthem t agm'ing a plntle adapted to project into a socket..9

the other end of said arm section being formed with an upstanding pintle 11. A set screw 12 is extended into the socket 9 and is adapted to engage pintle 8 to hold section 10 against swinging movement upon the pintle. Any desired number of arm sections may be employed. In Fig; 1 three of these sections have been illustrated, the

socket 9 of each section engaging the pintle of the next adjoining section,

A socket member 13-similar tov the socket 9 is secured to the back of the lower end of the middle strip 14 of the rack, this middle strip having ledge sections 15 pivotally connected to the lower end thereof and top strips 16 pivotally connected to the upper end thereof, the said ledge sections and top strips being pivotally connected to side strips 17. Intermediate strips 18 may be pivotally connected to the side strips 17 and to the strip 14. Extension arms 19 are preferably pivotally connected to the sides and top of the rack and may be provided with integral clips 20. These arms are designed for use in connection with sheets of music or manuscript extending beyond the sides and top of the rack. When the rack is not in use it will be obvious that the same can be folded inwardly and upwardly, so that the side strips 17 will lie close to and parallel with the strip 14. A set screw 21 is provided for securing the socket 13 upon one of the pintles 11.

Mounted on the post 6 is a sleeve 22 hav- 'ing an angular arm 23 provided with aperan arm section 10,

Upper and lower arms 25 are also extended from sleeve 22 and one of these arms carrles a blndlng screw 26. arms are adapted to recelve between them the edge pOrtiOn of a table or the like which, 7

when engaged by the screw 26, will serve to support the post 6 independently of the standard 1.

A set screw 27 is provided for securing the sleeve 22 to the post 6. d

When the device is to he used as a music rack, the standard 1 ispreferably employed, post 6 being adjusted therein to any desired elevation and, if desired, the arm section 10 can be dispensed with and the socket 13 placed directly on the pintle 8. Should it be desired to extend the rack to a point beyond the post 6, however one or more of the arm sections 10 can be interposed between i he rack and the post 6. Should it be desired to use the rack without the standard 1 and to attach it to a table so that the device will thus be especially useful in holding manuscript to be copied by a typist, the post '6, is removed from standard 1 and the edge Copies 'of this patent may be obtained for These of a table or other support is inserted between arms 25 and fastened thereto by means of the binding screw 26. If it is preferred to attach the device to a wall or the like, the arm 23 can be employed, screws or other fastening means being inserted into the openings 24. By using the arm sections 10, the rack can be adjusted to any desired distance from the post 6. e

What is claimed is I A rack, comprising a post, a sleeve adjustable on the post, spaced arms extending from one side of the sleeve, a clamping screw carried by one of the arms, an angular arm extending from the opposite side of the sleeve, another arm pivotally mounted on the post, and a frame secured to said arm.

In'testimony that as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JEARL S. MERRILL. Witnesses: i

JAMEs BUCKLEY, J. B. FAYANT.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of iatents. Washington, D. G.

I claim the foregoing I 

